cephalopods Fishmonger buys 70-pound octopus just to set it free Rusty Blazenhoff

Wrestling Pat Sajak playfully wrastles 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant after big win Rusty Blazenhoff

ca A good bookstore in Torrance, California Bob Knetzger

Drag Queens Oregon Live remembers Portland's legendary 92-year-old drag queen Jason Weisberger

Man tests minimal address experiment by sending himself a letter Mark Frauenfelder

music Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old musical instrument David Pescovitz

cover songs Patti Smith singing "Oh Yoko!" to Yoko Ono at John Lennon Tribute Gareth Branwyn

movies That time when ferocious flocks of seabirds attacked people, inspiring Hitchcock's The Birds David Pescovitz

drugs The Great US Adderall Shortage is likely going to last at least for another year Thom Dunn

groundhog The high-stress world of weather prediction takes its toll on Canada's "Fred la Marmotte" Jason Weisberger

crimes Long-missing, this cane's handle is carved with Jack the Ripper's creepy face David Pescovitz

History Bastards of the Party: a ­documentary about why gangs emerged in L.A. Elías Villoro

History "The Christmas Uprising" in Jamaica, 1831, heralded the end of slavery in the British Empire Elías Villoro

movies It looks like Tobey Maguire has seen the "Bully Maguire" meme Devin Nealy

television Wednesday's showrunners have no desire to reboot Smallville Devin Nealy

television Netflix's Wednesday breaks records Devin Nealy

corruption On sportswashing, FIFA, and being a critical consumer of the sports you love Jennifer Sandlin

Weird Florida man hits wife with Christmas tree after asking him to help with dinner Devin Nealy

music 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, celebrates the 40th anniversary of debut R.E.M. EP Chronic Town Jennifer Sandlin

quentin tarantino Django Unchained at 10: an observation and celebration of the first hour  Lee Keeler